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Unique ID: LVPL1770
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Roman bow brooch of the Wirral type. Incomplete, surface corroded and pitted, no enamel survives on bow, typical stepped head with milled decoration, head-loop missing, axis bar in-situ, fragment of possibly iron hinge pin remains. Leg and foot missing.
Class: Wirral
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 100
Date to: AD 200
Quantity: 1
Length: 37 mm
Width: 12 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2001
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Philpott, R. | 1999 | A Romano-British Brooch Type From North-Western and Northern England |